tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6761245423307391653..comments2015-03-03T12:51:44.989-06:00Comments on Althouse: "His theme last night was wtf, winning the future," said Sarah Palin.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62910307275525330222011-06-28T00:29:44.401-05:002011-06-28T00:29:44.401-05:00For the latest news visit us on cnn.com
http://who...For the latest news visit us on <a href="http://whois.domaintasks.com/cnn.com" rel="nofollow">cnn.com</a><br /><a href="http://whois.domaintasks.com/cnn.com" rel="nofollow">http://whois.domaintasks.com/cnn.com</a>abeer ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11306259429586932447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76451895377750400692011-01-28T11:20:41.100-06:002011-01-28T11:20:41.100-06:00Palin did not say that the Soviet Union won &quot;...Palin did not say that the Soviet Union won &quot;the space race&quot;. She said, that after Sputnik, they won &quot;the race to space&quot;. An important difference.<br /><br />Yuri Gagarin.<br /><br />However, while the Soviet Union exists no longer, it is true that after the next shuttle mission, the US will no longer have a manned space launch capability. None. Zero. How do we get our astronauts up to our space station? They will thumb a ride.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699652902909032781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55911486563962144312011-01-28T09:39:04.261-06:002011-01-28T09:39:04.261-06:00You gotta turn those damned pirates off in the opt...You gotta turn those damned pirates off in the options settings when you initially set up the game. I don&#39;t know anyone that plays Sins that likes that aspect of the game.Scott Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36485756470340259042011-01-28T09:35:52.579-06:002011-01-28T09:35:52.579-06:00It&#39;s been a while since I played Sins. I reca...It&#39;s been a while since I played Sins. I recall I had trouble getting past the early stages of the game - I always seemed to be targeted by the damn pirates.Sofa Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659133819240484346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58651327728513844732011-01-28T09:20:05.782-06:002011-01-28T09:20:05.782-06:00It&#39;s okay, but it&#39;s more like Civilization...It&#39;s okay, but it&#39;s more like Civilization (Sid Meier) in Space. No customization and not much in the way of tactics. Not bad, but not a whole lot different either. Sins of A Solar Empire is also Stardock and, IMHO is a far, far better empire builder. The size of games are truly staggering and only really limited by the specs of the computer you&#39;re playing on.Scott Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28761375049966379422011-01-28T09:13:03.028-06:002011-01-28T09:13:03.028-06:00Scott -
Have you tried Galactic Civilizations II ...Scott -<br /><br />Have you tried Galactic Civilizations II by Stardock? I think it&#39;s a worthy contender to replace MoO2.Sofa Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659133819240484346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70113707458432800422011-01-28T08:35:39.353-06:002011-01-28T08:35:39.353-06:00And to think I used to play Chess by mail.And to think I used to play Chess by mail.Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16525668067930267502011-01-28T07:27:04.187-06:002011-01-28T07:27:04.187-06:00Is it anything like MOO2? I&#39;ve been trying to ...<i>Is it anything like MOO2? I&#39;ve been trying to find a current replacement for that game, but have been disappointed by pretenders.</i><br /><br />Not at all. M002 was a great game and there really haven&#39;t been any in the 4X genre that have improved on it. MOO3 was a crime against nature. For a more contemporary game in the same vein, try Star Ruler or Sins Of A Solar Empire. The latter is a lot more polished (coming from a professional studio) but lacks the ship custimization MOO2 was so good at.<br /><br />Eve is an MMO (massive multiplayer online). It&#39;s more like a space version of the Caribbean pirate era and you&#39;re one of the thousands of captains. Not to say there aren&#39;t huge MOO2-esque fleet fights, but instead of being the overall general moving pieces around like a chess game...you&#39;re one of the pieces.Scott Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88924908600956388832011-01-28T00:37:57.063-06:002011-01-28T00:37:57.063-06:00Eve is quite libertarian.
Is it anything like MOO...<i>Eve is quite libertarian.</i><br /><br />Is it anything like MOO2? I&#39;ve been trying to find a current replacement for that game, but have been disappointed by pretenders.<br /><br /><i>You can&#39;t fix stupid</i><br /><br />Funny how that theme fits everywhere. In DDO our version is &quot;you can&#39;t heal stupid&quot;Fenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76274662726630243982011-01-27T19:08:14.649-06:002011-01-27T19:08:14.649-06:00wasdave and joan,
Thanks for the typo check.
Loo...wasdave and joan,<br /><br />Thanks for the typo check.<br /><br />Look, I grew up in Christian schools, and we were never allowed to utter a &quot;God&quot; or &quot;Jesus&quot; in those situations that Palin was in. And, even the &quot;gol&quot; or &quot;jeez&quot; was off limits.<br /><br />I&#39;m not saying that you can&#39;t justify these utterances as some sort of prayers. <br /><br />But, that&#39;s not how I was raised. So, her language is striking to my ears. I know that other folks were raised the same way I was, so I&#39;m sure that others were also struck by her language. You&#39;ll notice that my comment was careful to claim that &#39;some&#39; Christians would have noticed, not &#39;all,&#39; and not necessarily &#39;most&#39; or &#39;many&#39; Christians. Just some, like me.1jpbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14859397164637821056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88239451698032651782011-01-27T18:40:36.528-06:002011-01-27T18:40:36.528-06:00Have any of you tried Lord Of The Rings Online (LO...Have any of you tried Lord Of The Rings Online (LOTRO)? I like it better than WoW, and it now has gone free to play. The FtP is not a bad way to try it out, and it is similar to WoW, but without anywhere as many 12-year-olds trying to impress everyone with ganking lowbees and swearing in chat.opfor311http://www.blogger.com/profile/05811432985356653944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64429979748256693742011-01-27T18:38:59.297-06:002011-01-27T18:38:59.297-06:00ijbp: &quot;And, she repeatedly took the Lord&#39;...ijbp: <i>&quot;And, she repeatedly took the Lord&#39;s name in vein on her reality TV show&quot;</i><br /><br />Getting past the typo to the intent: what, exactly, do you think it means to &quot;take the name of the Lord in vain&quot;? The original meaning is to swear, falsely, &quot;by God&quot;, or &quot;with God as my witness.&quot; If you&#39;re swearing by God, or using God as your witness, you better keep that promise because otherwise you are taking God&#39;s name in vain.<br /><br />Saying, &quot;Oh, Lord!&quot; or &quot;Oh, God!&quot; when you are surprised or upset or scared is actually a prayer -- shortcuts from &quot;Help me, oh Lord,&quot; or &quot;Save me, oh God!&quot; Obviously there are many times when saying God, Lord, or Jesus Christ are disrespectful, inappropriate, or blasphemous, but saying, &quot;Oh, God,&quot; when you&#39;re freaking out on the side of a mountain isn&#39;t one of them. It&#39;s pretty sad you can&#39;t recognize a prayer when you hear one.<br /><a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a2.htm#II" rel="nofollow">The Second Commandment</a>Joanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093453920666892035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51486538092298862232011-01-27T18:30:09.788-06:002011-01-27T18:30:09.788-06:00Edutcher;
This is the RINO position
Then call me ...Edutcher;<br /><i>This is the RINO position</i><br /><br />Then call me a RINO I guess. But I don&#39;t see how her critique of the SOTU was an attempt to:<br /><i> stand up and set the record straight on all the demagoguery, vituperation, and libels the Democrats visit on us</i><br /><br />I don&#39;t see how her &quot;WTF&quot; joke furthers that point. <br /><br />PS Don&#39;t get me wrong, i think the &quot;WTF&quot; play on words is funny, I just don&#39;t think it something a potential presidential candidate should do. Can a pundit do it:<br /><br />you betchaPhil 3:14http://www.blogger.com/profile/04133300763922742206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71520293718098640432011-01-27T18:00:21.775-06:002011-01-27T18:00:21.775-06:00@ Scott
Cool. I&#39;ll have to reactivate the ac...@ Scott<br /><br />Cool. I&#39;ll have to reactivate the account. (and learn a heck of lot more about how to play as a total noob LOL)Dust Bunny Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8301974465436652882011-01-27T17:48:44.739-06:002011-01-27T17:48:44.739-06:00MayBee,
And I&#39;ve never heard WTFO.
Back when...MayBee,<br /><br /><i>And I&#39;ve never heard WTFO.<br /></i><br />Back when most people who used it were military, it came with an O (for &quot;over&quot;).<br /><br />Now the O means Obama.<br /><br />WTF, Obama?!marinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435598676103731157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73769434557950600582011-01-27T17:34:43.874-06:002011-01-27T17:34:43.874-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.marinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435598676103731157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85105121963621439962011-01-27T17:29:24.576-06:002011-01-27T17:29:24.576-06:00By the way, I happen to think &quot;WTF&quot; is p...By the way, I happen to think &quot;WTF&quot; is pretty funny. But, as C3 pointed out, it&#39;s not a presidential way to pick apart the SOTU. Palin needs to win over those of us who are not yet enamored, and at least some moderates, if she runs... and this sort of comment is not the way to do it.<br /><br />Also, I happen to love her in her role as a lightning rod. She&#39;s great at it, and I agree with most of what she says. But that doesn&#39;t mean she&#39;s president material.knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20058740789143488372011-01-27T17:25:16.563-06:002011-01-27T17:25:16.563-06:00No, let&#39;s meekly sit back and be libeled witho...<i>No, let&#39;s meekly sit back and be libeled without objection. Let&#39;s never refute their lies. We should all reach across the aisle as often as we can and maybe they will sweep a few crumbs off the table our way<br /><br /></i> The options aren&#39;t <br />1. Make things like &quot;WTF&quot; your main talking point <br />2. Grovel at the democrats&#39; feetknoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68599779164020627262011-01-27T15:50:48.431-06:002011-01-27T15:50:48.431-06:00DBQ -
Sent you an email using Eve Gate. Try to g...DBQ -<br /><br />Sent you an email using Eve Gate. Try to get to Placid if you can.Scott Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43975253502883463992011-01-27T15:41:14.952-06:002011-01-27T15:41:14.952-06:00I think you&#39;ve sunk to a new low on this one.
...<i>I think you&#39;ve sunk to a new low on this one.</i><br /><br />Nah, he&#39;s a floater. Hard to flush.murgatroyd666http://murgatroyd666.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78951459602717833382011-01-27T15:38:12.611-06:002011-01-27T15:38:12.611-06:00Goddard , american launched the first rocket( 1928...<i>Goddard , american launched the first rocket( 1928) credited as the pioneer by Von Braun</i><br /><br />First <i>liquid-fueled</i> rocket.<br /><br />First rocket? China, centuries ago.murgatroyd666http://murgatroyd666.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50951797079285200522011-01-27T15:32:20.207-06:002011-01-27T15:32:20.207-06:00First Marsing , you cant land in Mars Vikings
Only...First Marsing , you cant land in Mars Vikings<br />Only objects out of inner space: Voyagers and PioneersBelkyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15568522114181050780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35427762089849573952011-01-27T15:27:25.430-06:002011-01-27T15:27:25.430-06:00Goddard , american launched the first rocket( 1928...Goddard , american launched the first rocket( 1928) credited as the pioneer by Von BraunBelkyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15568522114181050780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84915043140220421082011-01-27T14:58:59.001-06:002011-01-27T14:58:59.001-06:00If she is correct, why did we even bother with put...<i>If she is correct, why did we even bother with putting a man on the moon, or going to Mars, or anything else? If the Soviets &quot;won&quot; because they sent the first man in space, it should have been over right? </i><br /><br />I mean why did the Packers even bother with the playoffs? They weren&#39;t first in their division. What was the point?Phil 3:14http://www.blogger.com/profile/04133300763922742206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63180702888146232032011-01-27T14:46:47.744-06:002011-01-27T14:46:47.744-06:00Oh,and unless she&#39;s shooting up God, it&#39;s ...Oh,and unless she&#39;s shooting up God, it&#39;s &quot;vain&quot;, not &quot;vein&quot;wasdavehttp://wasdave.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com